Dual spinner game indicator



April 12, 1949. J. o. DAIGLE DUAL SPINNER GAME INDICATOR Fi led Aug. 7,1945 0? I92 ,7 pa

Ju/es 0 Do/g/e Patented Apr. 12, i949 DUAL SPINNER GAME INDICATOR Jules0. Daigle, Welsh, La.

Application August '7, 1945, Serial No. 609,435

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a game and apparatus of the chance controlledtype, and it consists in the constructions, arrangements andcombinations herein described and claimed.

It is a particular object of the invention to provide a game apparatuswhich is especially well suited to accommodate quite a number ofplayers, making the device adaptable to use in churches, fraternalorders and the like, for the purpose of raising funds for needy causes.

It is a still further object of the invention toprovide a game apparatuswherein the players compete with one another in the winning of stakesput up by each player, and in which the backer of the same (church,fraternal organization and the like) need not advance any stakes, yet beeligible to collect within a predetermined ratio of chance, thusdiffering from well known commercial games of chance.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a gameboard or boards, the face of which bears numbered spaces or squares uponwhich the stakes of respective players are placed, until the winner ofsuch stakes is determined according to the rules of the game.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dual actuatingindicator device, of a rotary type, for determining the winner of thestakes.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a game andapparatus so constructed and arranged as to provide a major prize,thewinning of which shall be determined by certain 10- cations of a dualactuated indicator device.

It is also an important object of the invention to provide a game andapparatus wherein any number of players, in groups of eight or more, orin multiple groups of eight or more, may engage in the play, while asingle dual indicator unit is employed in determining the winner of eachgroup simultaneously.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will beapparent from the following description and accompanying drawing,wherein Figure l is a plan view of a game board and apparatusconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section through a portion of the gameboard, illustrating the construction of the dual indicator device.

There is illustrated a game board I substantially rectangular as seen inplan View, inwardly of longitudinal edges of the board being marked offinto individual squares ll, each square upon respective sides beingconsecutively numbered from 1 to 8. The squares are bisected by a medialline I I2, thus dividing each square into two playing surfaces, that isto say, two persons may play upon the same number, one above the lineand one below said line. Each square is further provided with a numerall3 for identification purposes of paired players. For instance, if twoplayers played the number 8, one player would have the combination 81and the other would have 8-9.

In the present instance, I have preferred to illustrate the chancecontrolled apparatus as embodied in the game board, but obviously, thedevice may be constructed as a single unit so that it may be hung upon awall surface in which event a plurality of game boards would be employedso as to accommodate a great many players, as in the case of Bingo andsince this game and the mode of play is well understood, a specificshowing is not believed necessary for an understanding of the presentgame and apparatus.

The indicator consists of two spaced concentric circles l4 and I5,divided by twenty radial lines it, providing respective segments l1,three of which are blank; sixteen being numbered in paired groups from 1to 8, and the final blank bearing the initials J. P. indicated at l8,which in the present instance, denotes a jack pot. The board is furtherprovided with a pair of jack pot notations l9 and 20, one for theplayers on each side of the playing board.

At the outer terminals of the lines It a pin or peg 2| is positioned,driven or otherwise fixed in the playing board and extended at rightangles thereto.

Axially of the rings I4 and IS, the board is formed with a socket '22,as shown in Figure 2, within which is disposed a sleeve 23 for rotatablymounting a spindle 24. Opposite ends of the spindle are provided withanti-friction means 25 and 26 respectively, the former being engagedupon the base of the sleeve 23 while the latter rotatably mounts asecondary indicator, presently to be described.

Upon the spindle 24 a circular disk 21 is secured and from diametricallyopposite sides of the periphery of the disk respective rods 28 and 29are secured and extended, the rods being of equal lengths but stoppingshort of engaging the pegs or pins 2|. The outer free end of the rod 29has fixed thereto a flexible pointer 30 adapted to contact the pins'orpegs 2-l successively, under rotation of the disk 21. The rod 28 servesas a means for rotating the disk as well as to provide balance to thedisk.

Upon the upper face of the disk 2'! two concentric spaced circles 3! and32 are formed, being divided into respectiv segmental spaces 33, bytwenty-four radial lines 34. Eight of the spaces bear numerals 1 to 8,respectively, and as shown there are two blank spaces between thenumerals. As in the case of the playing board, a pin or peg 35 ispositioned at the outer terminal end of each lin 34.

A rotatable indicator 36 is loosely mounted and engaged upon theanti-friction means 26, in the present instance this being accomplishedby pro-- viding a hub member 31 axially bored to receive the upper endof the spindle 24, the anti-friction means seating against th upperclosed end of the bore.

Rods 38 and 39 are fixed to the hub extending in diametrically oppositedirections, the rod 38 functioning in the same manner as the rod 29 ofthe main indicator, and the rod 29 has a flexible pointer 40 adapted tosuccessively engage thepins 35.

The indicator 36 determines the winner or winners of the jack pots l9and 20, as will be apparent as the description proceeds, and in suchgames where it is desired to eliminate the jack pot feature, theindicator 36 may be readily removed from the spindle, and the singleindicator 2! employed.

One operation of a game is substantially as follows: The players who areto participate take their places along the sides of the game board, eachplayer placing his stake upon his chosen number 1 to 32, indicated bythe reference character 3!. As few as eight and as many as sixteenplayers can engage on each side of the board, but they play in groups ofeight. Each group of eight uses a stake uniform for the group. When allstakes are in place, an operator spins the disk 2'1, by means of the rod29, the pointer 30 successively engaging the pins or pegs 2! andeventually will come to rest between a pair of the pins or pegs when thedisk stops rotating. If pointer 30 comes to rest upon one of the blankspaces 11, the house wins all of the stakes of all players engaged inthe game. In the event that the pointer stops upon-the space 18, bearingthe notation J. P. the jack pot wins, and the stakes of all players mustbe placed in one or both jack pots. The players win when the pointer 10comes to a rest upon one of the numbered spaces 11, the number of saidspace indicating the winner of the stakes in each group.

It should be understood that when the disk 21 is rotated, the spindle 24will rotate, carrying th indicator 36 along with it by reason ofcontacting engagement between the pointer 39 and one of the pins or pegs35. However, since the indicator 36 is freely rotatable on the spindle24, the indicators 2'! and 33 do not rotate in unison and in fact, avariation in rotation of the spindle will cause the indicator 36 torotate thereon so that the pointer 49 may come to rest upon any of theseveral segmental spaces 33. Thus, if the pointer 42 stops on a numberthe same as that upon which the pointer 30 has stopped, the holders ofsaid number wins the jack pot of that group, or the sole jack pot, ifonly one is being used.

While I have shown and described a preferred form of the device, this isby way of illustration only, and I consider as my own all suchvariations in construction as fairly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

I claim:

A dual spinner game indicator comprising a base support, a playindicator rotatably mounted upon said base support including ahorizontally disposed bar, a flexible pointer on the outer end of saidbar, said base support having play indicating indicia and spaced blankportions arranged concentrically or" the path of rotation of said barand pointer, pegs on said base support in the path of rotation of saidflexible pointer and denoting respective boundaries of said playindicating indicia, and said blank spaces, a second indicator rotatablymounted above said first indi-. cator and concentric therewith, saidsecond indicator including a flexible pointer, said second namedindicator having indicia and blank spaces complemental to the playingplaces of said base support and said play indicating indicia and blankspaces and said second named indicator having pegs disposed in the pathof rotation of its flexible pointer to denote respective boundaries ofthe indicia and blank spaces.

JULES O. DAIGLE.

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